Almighty painter

Chapter 350 Cover and Mission

up until now.

There are still many well-known journals that adopt single-blind review.That is, the submitter does not know who the reviewer is, but the reviewer knows the origin of the submitter.

For some professional art direction segmentation studies, it is not of much significance whether two-way anonymity is provided.

There are only a few experts and a few research teams.

Light or dark, everyone wants to guess and check, but there is a way to find out who the author of the paper is.

After the manuscript is submitted, the author privately calls the reviewer to plead for mercy, or conversely, the reviewer takes the initiative to secretly contact the author of the paper to engage in power exchange, or even "privately send a private message asking for cooperation". In theory, this is a very serious academic misconduct. .

However, this kind of seemingly unbelievable and sexy operation is common in Eastern and Western academic circles, and researchers from very well-known schools frequently expose similar scandals.

Many people online criticize Asia for being a sentimental society with no rules.

To put it bluntly.

At least in the field of liberal arts and arts in Europe, especially in countries along the Mediterranean Sea such as Spain and Italy, even in solemn academic circles, human relations are more common than many people imagine.

People are also a human society.

It is very common for art papers to be published or not.

There are only so many pages, unless it is an archeology type supported by a large amount of data.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to compare a paper that analyzes the relationship between South Asian Buddhist statues and Greek art with another paper that studies the shape of Egyptian murals, which one is of a higher level.

In some cases, everyone is really competing to see who has a stronger "school brand" and who has a higher level of English.

Gu Weijing wondered whether Professor Kazunari Sakai had exerted any influence in the review process, and whether the reviewers knew the identities of the two authors.

But the feedback I got from the editorial department was undoubtedly very surprising.

No one made things difficult for them because of their young age.

Three reviewers.

Two minor revisions, one completed directly.

This is basically the best-case scenario for a first-time contributor.

As long as your emotional intelligence is not so low that you reply to the editor and scold the editor, success in publication is an inevitable result.

"Shengzi, I think you can open your eyes now." Gu Weijing said with a smile.

"We did it, we did it."

Sakai Katsuko had already jumped up, and the excited blush on her face was like the faint morning glow on the horizon.

She hung her arms around Gu Weijing's neck like a koala and shook her. Shengzi's unique strawberry aroma completely enveloped Gu Weijing, and the pink Hello Kitty hairpin was there. His face shook sideways.

"I'm going to call my mother. She said that when the paper is confirmed to be approved, she needs to order a three-layer celebration cake to commemorate it. Um...wait a minute, let's see what the editor has to say for the last time."

The editor is the one who makes the decisive conclusions.

In principle, even if the reviewer does not find any errors, the editor still has the right to request major changes or even reject the manuscript without any reason, but the probability of this happening is very low.

Editors of AHCI journals are usually experts with good academic qualities, but they are just aggregators of reviewers' opinions.

Gu Weijing was not nervous.

What a trick, Uncle Sakai's two hundred pounds of meat with the name of the corresponding author on it, even for a well-known publication like "Asian Art", is not easy to get rid of.

There are no surprises.

The editor named Henry Davis gave the final conclusion of [Xiao Xiu] in a logical manner, and was extremely polite to Gu Weijing and Sakai Katsuko in his writing.

He also enthusiastically introduced that the "Asian Art" publication receives submissions from many college students every year. The youngest contributor in history was a sophomore student at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1972.

The first author is a high school student's submission - according to Davis' understanding, it should be the first time in the past 100 years of publication.

Congratulations to both of them for quite possibly making history.

Impressionism is the most important and influential art school born in human history since 1850.

The role of female painters has always been relatively lacking in the attention paid to them in the painting school.

It is gratifying that these two scholars were able to make such groundbreaking discoveries at such a young age, and I would like to thank them for choosing to submit their article to "Asian Art".

Judging from the meaning in the words, the editor has almost made it clear that he regards this paper as a work that has been confirmed to be published in the journal.

"what?"

Sakai Katsuko leaned close to Gu Weijing's face and together they read the reply on the screen word by word.

Her eyelashes suddenly trembled.

"Look here... Mr. Davis, the editor, asked us if we could respond to the reviewers' revisions as soon as possible. He also asked us if we would consider paying a supplementary payment of 5600 euros and a photo with the title of "Old Man in a Thunderstorm" in the paper. "Church" themed, 7×11 inch art photo?"

Shengzi pulled Gu Weijing's sleeve.

"Is this the publication fee? 5600 euros, so black-hearted." Gu Weijing was confused.

The difference between academic paper journals and magazine journals is.

The magazine solicits articles and pays columnists.

Authors who submit papers have to pay publication fees to the journal, and they are not cheap, often around [-] yuan.

Journals make money by publishing papers.

For some well-known water publications, such as the well-known XX Big Four and XXX Big [-] Buses, the so-called "payment" means giving them a page fee.

The page fee for each SCI or AHCI-level paper is approximately US$1500.The top biology journal "Cell" has been criticized as a black-hearted factory for its extremely high price of US$5200 per article.

But in fact, behind the research success of the research team that can be published in the official issue of "Cell", it often spends millions or even tens of millions of dollars in research funds.

Everyone was just scolding and joking, no one really wanted to part with the money.

"No, I checked before. The normal page fee for "Asian Art" is only 900 euros. They also asked us to submit a large photo. This should be the cover, the cover!"

Sakai Katsuko couldn't help but cheer a little.

"It's great. We are so lucky. It seems that I will really go to Sensoji Temple to donate money to fulfill my wish when I go back."

Cover paper?

Gu Weijing finally belatedly realized the meaning of Miss Shengzi's words. He pursed his lips and discovered in amazement that it seemed...

The two of them were indeed very lucky.

The most satisfying thing about publishing a paper is being selected by a journal and being featured on the front page of that issue.

When anyone flips through a magazine, whether in print or electronic version, the most attention-grabbing thing that attracts the most attention and attention is the cover image on the magazine.

From the moment of its birth, covers have been synonymous with traffic and exposure.

This only requires magazines.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s the bikini girl in Playboy who exposes a large area of ​​white skin, or the half-dissected brain in The Lancet that exposes a large amount of white matter and white blood vessels.The readers are all North American potbellied truck drivers holding toilet paper in their hands, or skinny academics wearing white shirts in front of microscopes holding razor blades.There is no difference.

Psychologically speaking, it will feel more satisfying and fulfilling when your paper is printed on the cover of a magazine and you can show it to your relatives and friends, and share your academic success with your peers.

In terms of revenue, SCI-level papers have been specifically studied, and the number of citations of cover papers is often significantly higher than that of non-cover papers.

This is also related to the fact that the papers that can be recommended by the editor as the cover of this issue are often the most important and topical papers in this issue.

In short.

There is no harm in having an article on the cover.

Because the cover is so important, when the Scholastic Group asked Detective Cat to produce "The Little Prince," the separate quotation for the cover painting could account for a quarter of the total contract price.

The cover page fee of "Asian Art" will also be much more expensive than that of a paper printed in a regular location.

“Does the editor value our paper so much?”

Gu Weijing secretly clicked his tongue.

He imagined that the paper would be successfully published.

But I never expected that their paper would have the potential to be selected as the cover of "Asian Art", which has so many contributors and masters.

To be honest.

90% of the value of this paper is in the painting that Gu Weijing picked up while painting and calligraphy. The remaining 10% is [-]% of Sakai Katsuko's English writing style, the "academic research" and "academic research" of their two high school students. It would be great if the few inferences about Carroll's identity could account for the few remaining meanings.

Writing difficulty is very low.

And this type of journal.

It is very common for submissions to include several French academicians, tenured professors from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and experts from CAFA.

"Is it a factor of our age? Or is our thesis stepping on feminism and impressionism, which are the trends in today's art circle?"

Looking back and thinking about it carefully...it doesn't seem impossible to understand.

With the blessing of political success, the works of female painters have become the hottest topics from academia to the market in the past 15 years.

Not to mention Impressionism, a prominent school in the painting world.

The works of the Pre-Raphaelite female painters were only used as incidental items in the name of a certain artist's sister and wife at auctions ten years ago. You can buy them for about [-] to [-] euros.

Now that it's up for auction, it doesn't cost 45 euros, so don't even think about it.

It’s almost catching up with Picasso’s ordinary works.

It is rare to have a special topic on female art. Coupled with the ages of myself and Katsuko Sakai, once the paper was published, it was difficult not to become famous.

Throw it to other countries, and their children can publish a paper on AHCI, and they can even be interviewed by reporters from CCTV, BBC, and NBC.

As long as the painting and the church monk's notes were not forged by the two of them for ulterior motives, the weight of this paper is actually comparable to the discovery of a large tomb of a Qin and Han prince, or the discovery of a golden mummy in Egypt. Super cool research.

The ability of such a discovery to attract academic and media attention is not entirely unqualified to be the cover article of an issue of "Asian Art".

What if it was forged?

The daughter of Asia's top painter is involved in a fraud scandal. That couldn't be more explosive, okay?

"Hurry up, hurry up, we have to write a reply quickly, agree, well, the overall color of "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm Day" tends to be dark and cold, and I don't know if it will be paired with the blue background title of "Artibus Asiae". There will be a problem of insufficient contrast.”

Katsuko Sakai first sent a text message to her parents to share the joy.

Then he immediately held the notebook on his lap with great interest and began to edit the reply.

Each journal has different standards for selecting covers. The editorial department of "Asian Art" will select three or five important papers and ask for a base picture as an alternative.

If both are willing to pay the page fee, choose whichever cover has beautiful artwork.

In fact, it’s just something that pleases the eye.

Paying 5600 euros for a cover is a bit sinister, but adding another zero, 56000 euros for a chance to be on the cover, not to mention Mrs. Sakai would wake up laughing in her sleep.

Even Gu Weijing turned to his grandfather Gu Tongxiang and said that the old man was willing to sell iron without even frowning, tightening his belt and taking it out.

Others are reaching out to pay for it, but they haven’t had the chance yet.

[Thanks very much for taking your time to review this manuscript. We really appreciate (Thanks very much for the professional opinions you and the reviewers have given us, we look forward to...)]

Katsuko Sakai typed a sincere reply on the keyboard.

The girl asked casually: "Regarding the part about Van Gogh, do we need to explain the reasons for the conclusion? Doesn't it sound a bit tough, or should we just change it? I won't draw in the afternoon, so I will re-edit that small section. , no trouble.”

"I think it's all right."

"Then just change it. My father said that in the world, reviewers are the biggest. As long as the request is not too difficult, it is best not to confront the reviewers."

Gu Weijing nodded.

He sat next to Shengzi and watched her edit emails. The two of them exchanged opinions from time to time.

Whether it's replying to the editor or responding to reviewers' comments, there are mature and routine templates.

Sakai Katsuko made a complete outline in a moment, then compared it with the template and concentrated on coding the words.

Gu Weijing watched for a while and found that he couldn't help Shengzi when it came to writing skills.

He stood up and walked back to the easel.

There is an oil painting on it that was in the middle of painting just before it was interrupted, "Good Luck Orphanage No. 12 under the Sun".

This is his No. 12 attempt at fusion painting.

Gu Weijing opened the system panel and looked at the tasks that had been on it for a long time.

[Serial Quest: Fusion Painting - A Sea that embraces all rivers ([-]/[-])]

[Current task: Complete a painting that includes Chinese painting techniques, sketching techniques, watercolor techniques, oil painting techniques, and printmaking techniques, any three of the five techniques. The size is required to be 10 inches × 10 inches or more, and the emotion must at least reach the level of feeling. . 】

[Current mission reward: basic watercolor painting skills]

"Just stay with me. I can draw anytime. I want you to watch me write."

Sakai Katsuko turned her head to the side, brushed her hair with her fingers, and invited her charmingly.

This paper is like their child, and Ms. Sakai wants to share every step of creating it with Gu Weijing.

The fusion painting of my boyfriend is too complicated and cannot be done overnight.

"Just call me if you have anything. I'm in good condition today and I want to finish this painting."

Gu Weijing smiled.

Nowadays, drawing, Chinese painting, and oil painting have all broken through the boundaries of the second level of profession.

It’s almost time to officially cross the threshold of fusion painting techniques.

(End of this chapter)